Category Archives: Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff

Ray Bradbury, right and wrong

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From the Stranger Than Fiction Department, this little article on Ray Bradbury in the alternative LA Weekly–in which the author claims his most famous novel is “misinterpreted”: Bradbury still has a lot to say, especially about how people do not … Continue reading →

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It was the Third of June…

Posted on June 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Bobbie Gentry gives a wonderfully understated performance of “Ode to Billy Joe” on the Smothers Brothers show. (Thanks to King Daevid for the video link.)

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Milton Nascimento: Song of America

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The students of Virginia Tech have resumed classes. It seems to be the only thinkable thing to do after last week; there are educations to complete and lives to get on with. The mourning, however, doesn’t end with the memorial … Continue reading →

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The PEACE on Terra

Posted on April 22, 2007 by Sabina Becker

In honor of Earth Day, a singer by the name of Terra Naomi crafts a video with help from people who sent in images of themselves “answering the question ‘what would you do/want if anything were possible?’ in three words … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Joan Baez (and Bob Dylan) on holy wars

Posted on April 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A musical ode to popular victory

Posted on April 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

First, one from Lloviznando Cantos:“Y Bajaron”, which celebrates the people who rescued democracy five years ago today in Venezuela. It means “And they came down”–referring to the poor barrio dwellers who came down from the hills around Caracas to protest … Continue reading →

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God Bless You, Mr. Funnyguts

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From the wires, a sad but not unexpected item about one of my favorite all-time writers: American literary idol Kurt Vonnegut, best known for such classic novels as “Slaughterhouse-Five” and “Cat’s Cradle,” died on Tuesday night in Manhattan at age … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Ursula K. Le Guin on extremes

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Almost anything carried to its logical extreme becomes depressing, if not carcinogenic.”–Ursula K. Le Guin, from the introduction to The Left Hand of Darkness

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Why not a chocolate Jesus?

Posted on March 31, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Because some people’s religious sensibilities are waaaaay too easily offended. A New York art gallery has decided to cancel an exhibit of a chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ after protests by a US Catholic group. The six-foot (1.8m) sculpture, entitled … Continue reading →